I wonder if it would be easier to use if we could import an image with a grid of characters, and after setting the size of the grid C2 could automatically split it in to separate animation frames, crop the images and set the hotspots. Then we would get it automatically adjusting for variable width fonts, and it would make a sprite sheet automatically for them on export the same way it does for everything else, but we would still have the ability to tweak it.
+1 for this! I don't mean to sound unappreciative. I'm happy we have this tool, but just like Windwalker said, I also leave these things until the last minute. Which is a shame.
I could use the standard text tool, but I'd like things like outlines, drop shadows :( So I have to use the Sprite Font if I want things to look right, that, or I just use the text tool in photoshop combined with the sprite tool.